Introduction to Literary Analysis: A Complete Methodology

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This book provides a complete guide to analyzing literary works, from an introduction of basic principles to the finer details. Separated into three sections, the book covers: • Principles – this looks at what literary analysis is, its three main components, the various possible objects of analysis • Main components - introduces nearly thirty aspects of text analysis such as style, themes, social aspects, context, and then continues to introduce nearly fifty approaches such as literary history, ecocriticism, narratology, and sociology • The process of analysis – details the general structure of the analytical text, the structure of a pedagogical essay, the analysis of a theoretical element, possible "plans" for the analytical text, methods of argumentation, statements of opinion, hypotheses, structure of paragraphs, and the use of citations. This book is a synthesis of established scholarship with new, original insights, making it an ideal introduction to the study of English Literature as well as a valuable companion throughout further study. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Figures Contributors Introduction Part I Principles 1 Definition of Analysis 2 Components of Analysis 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Further Information 3 Objects of Analysis Part II Components of Analysis 4 Aspects of the Literary Text 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Beliefs, Values, Ideology, Argumentation 4.3 Character, Actant, Actor, Agonist 4.4 Collection 4.5 Connotation, Denotation 4.6 Content, Form 4.7 Context 4.8 Deviation, Norm 4.9 Generative Seed 4.10 Genesis, Variant, Creation of the Book 4.11 Genre 4.12 Language 4.13 Mimetic Mode 4.14 Onomastics 4.15 Production, Immanence, Reception 4.16 Psychology 4.17 Rhythm 4.18 Segmentation, Arrangement 4.19 Sign, Signifier, Signified 4.20 Society 4.21 Space 4.22 Story, Narrative, Narration, Action 4.23 Structure, Relation, Operation 4.24 Style 4.25 Theme, Thematic, Thematic Structure 4.26 Time 4.27 Topos 4.28 Transtextuality: Intertextuality, Autotextuality, Etc. 4.29 Versification 4.30 Worldview 5 Approaches to Literary Texts 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 Internal and External Approaches 5.1.2 Approaches That Are Interior and Exterior to Literary Studies 5.1.3 The Typology of Cerisuelo and Compagnon 5.1.4 A Typology Based On Jakobson 5.2 Cognitive Poetics 5.3 Comparative Literature 5.4 Cultural Materialism (New Historicism) 5.5 Cultural Studies 5.6 Deconstruction 5.7 Dialogism 5.8 Digital Media (New Media) Studies 5.9 Ecocriticism 5.10 Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Gender Studies 5.11 Genetic Criticism Or Textual Genetics 5.12 Geocriticism 5.13 Hermeneutics 5.14 History of Ideas 5.15 History of Mentalities 5.16 Intermediality (Study Of) 5.17 Intertextuality (Study Of) 5.18 Linguistics 5.19 Literary Genres (Study Of) 5.20 Literary History 5.21 Literature and Other Arts (Study Of) 5.22 Marxism 5.23 Mythanalysis 5.24 Narratology 5.25 New Criticism 5.26 Onomastics 5.27 Philosophy 5.28 Poetics 5.29 Postcolonial Studies 5.30 Posthumanism 5.31 Pragmatics 5.32 Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Psychocriticism 5.33 Queer Studies, Queer Theory 5.34 Race and Ethnicity Studies, Critical Race Theory 5.35 Reading (Theories Of) 5.36 Reception (Theories Of) 5.37 Rhetoric 5.38 Rhythm (Study Of) 5.39 Russian Formalism 5.40 Semantics 5.41 Semiotics 5.42 Sociology of Literature 5.43 Structuralism 5.44 Stylistics 5.45 Textual Statistics and Computer Text Analysis 5.46 Thematics and Symbolism (Analysis) 5.47 Versification (Study Of) 5.48 World Literature 6 Corpus 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Typology 6.3 Epistemological Nature: a Corpus Is a Relative and Determining Object 6.4 Objectives 6.5 The Stages of the Treatment of the Corpus 6.6 The Representativeness of the Corpus Is Relative 6.7 Homogeneity Is Relative 6.8 The Main Problems Relating to the Corpus 7 Aspects of Theater 7.1 Definitions of Literature and Its Main Genres 7.1.1 The Literary Text 7.1.2 The Essay 7.1.3 Poetry 7.1.4 Literary Narrative Discourse (The Novel, Short Story, Tale, Etc.) 7.1.5 Theater 7.2 Text and Performance 7.2.1 The Two Main Aspects of the Theatrical Text 7.3 The Performance and the Imagined Performance 7.4 Aspects of Performance: the Languages of Theater 7.4.1 Signifier, Signified, Stimulus, Mental Image 7.4.2 Dynamic and Static Languages 7.4.3 The Analysis of Polysemiotic Products 7.5 Mixing of Languages and the Predominant Language Part III Components of the Analytical Text 8 The General Structure of Analysis 8.1 Introduction 8.2 General Presentation 8.3 The Introduction and Conclusion 8.3.1 The Introduction 8.3.1.1 The Topic Lead-In 8.3.1.2 The Topic Statement 8.3.1.3 The Topic Division 8.3.2 The Conclusion 8.4 The Development 8.4.1 Introduction 8.4.2 The Method Section 8.4.2.1 Approach 8.4.2.2 Definitions 8.4.2.3 The Corpus and Establishing the Text 8.4.2.4 Limiting Criteria 8.4.2.5 Problems Encountered 8.4.3 The Description Section 8.4.4 The Interpretation Section 8.5 Other Possible Parts of the Analysis 8.6 A Model Analysis 9 The Pedagogical Essay 9.1 Definition 9.2 Types of Pedagogical Essays 9.3 Types of Instructions 9.4 Types of Essay Topic 9.5 Stages in Writing a Pedagogical Essay 10 Analysis of a Theoretical Element 10.1 Skills in Dealing With Theoretical Elements 10.2 The Relationship Between a Theory Or Method and the Object to Which It Is Applied 10.3 What to Describe About an Approach and How to Describe It 10.3.1 Points of View 10.3.2 Angles From Which to Consider an Approach 10.4 Questions to Consider When Analyzing a Theoretical Element 11 The Plan of the Analytical Text 11.1 Typology of Plans: Overview 11.2 Detailed Typology of Plans 11.2.1 Dialectical Plan 11.2.2 Comparative Plan 11.2.3 Syllogistic Plan 11.2.4 Analytical Plan 11.2.5 Linear and Tabular Plans 12 Argumentation 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Proposition, Subject, Predicate, and Truth Value 12.3 A Method for Generating and Developing Arguments 12.4 Qualities of Effective Argumentation 12.5 Some Types of Argumentative Elements 13 Opinion and Taking a Position 13.1 Opinion 13.2 Taking a Position 13.3 Characteristics of an Opinion 13.4 Place of the Opinion in the Structure of the Text 14 Hypothesis 14.1 Analysis With and Without a Hypothesis 14.2 Global and Local Hypothesis 14.3 Definition of the Hypothesis 14.4 A Priori and a Posteriori Hypothesis 14.5 Invalidation and Replacement of the Characteristic 14.6 Qualities of the Hypothesis 15 Paragraphs 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Forms of the Paragraph 15.3 Structure of the Paragraph 15.4 Qualities of the Paragraph 16 Citation 16.1 Parts of the Citation 16.2 Types of Citations 16.3 Referencing 16.4 Ways of Delimiting Direct Citations 16.5 Second-Hand Citation 16.6 Direct Citation Within a Direct Citation 16.7 Quotation Marks and Square Brackets 16.8 Syntax of Direct Citation 16.9 Citation From a Text in Verse 16.10 Citation From a Theatrical Text 16.11 The Main Problems Relating to Citation Works Cited Index